Bioethics and the New Embryology: Springboards for Debate.0716773450 Bioethics bioethics, in philosophy, a branch of ethics concerned with issues surrounding health care and the biological sciences. These issues include the morality of abortion, euthanasia, in vitro fertilization, and organ transplants (see transplantation, medical). and the new embryology embryology Study of the formation and development of an embryo and fetus. Before widespread use of the microscope and the advent of cellular biology in the 19th century, embryology was based on descriptive and comparative studies. ; springboards for debate. Gilbert, Scott F. et al. Sinauer Associates 2005 299 pages $14.95 Paperback RG133 Written for scientific ethics classes, general classes that cultivate critical thinking, and adult education seminars, this textbook explores the controversies behind human development to allow the reader to make decisions based on science. Each section has a critical chapter on ethics and one on science, which is presented in the basic format of an introductory course. Biologist Gilbert and the other authors examine ethical questions concerning when human life begins, reproductive technology Reproductive technology is a term for all current and anticipated uses of technology in human and animal reproduction, including assisted reproductive technology, contraception and others. , sex determination, cloning, stem cells stem cells, unspecialized human or animal cells that can produce mature specialized body cells and at the same time replicate themselves. Embryonic stem cells are derived from a blastocyst (the blastula typical of placental mammals; see embryo), which is very young , and genetic engineering. The last three chapters tackle quintessential questions regarding what is "normal," genetic essentialism essentialism In ontology, the view that some properties of objects are essential to them. The “essence” of a thing is conceived as the totality of its essential properties. , and animal research. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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